The British encyclopedia, or, Dictionary of arts and sciences, Volume 3C. Whittingham, 1809 |
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... kind of painted enigma , or certain figures painted or cut metaphori- cally , expressing some action , with reflec- tions underneath , which , in some measure , explain the sense of the device , and at the same time , instruct us in ...
... kind of painted enigma , or certain figures painted or cut metaphori- cally , expressing some action , with reflec- tions underneath , which , in some measure , explain the sense of the device , and at the same time , instruct us in ...
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... kind of remedy , which consists in an irrigation of the part affected with some proper liquor , as oils , spirits , & c . by means of a woollen or linen cloth , or a spunge , dip- ped in the same . The use of embrocation is either to ...
... kind of remedy , which consists in an irrigation of the part affected with some proper liquor , as oils , spirits , & c . by means of a woollen or linen cloth , or a spunge , dip- ped in the same . The use of embrocation is either to ...
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... kind of rusty coloured wig , without a crooked hair in it , which probably had never been tortured with a comb from the time of its being made ; a hat he would make to last him the best part of a life - time , gradually lessening the ...
... kind of rusty coloured wig , without a crooked hair in it , which probably had never been tortured with a comb from the time of its being made ; a hat he would make to last him the best part of a life - time , gradually lessening the ...
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... kind of painted enigma , or certain figures painted or cut metaphori- cally , expressing some action , with reflec- tions underneath , which , in some measure , explain the sense of the device , and at the same time , instruct us in ...
... kind of painted enigma , or certain figures painted or cut metaphori- cally , expressing some action , with reflec- tions underneath , which , in some measure , explain the sense of the device , and at the same time , instruct us in ...
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... kind of remedy , which consists in an irrigation of the part affected with some proper liquor , as oils , spirits , & c . by means of a woollen or linen cloth , or a spunge , dip- ped in the same . The use of embrocation is either to ...
... kind of remedy , which consists in an irrigation of the part affected with some proper liquor , as oils , spirits , & c . by means of a woollen or linen cloth , or a spunge , dip- ped in the same . The use of embrocation is either to ...
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